New management, same business

September 2025: "President Trump has begun a major escalation in his long-running efforts to stifle political opposition in the United States, using the assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk to make the baseless argument that Democratic organizations and protesters are part of a violent conspiracy against conservative values and the American way of life."

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March 1933: "Chancellor Hitler has begun a major escalation in his long-running efforts to stifle political opposition in the Weimar Republic, using the burning of the Reichstag building to make the baseless argument that anti-National Socialist organizations and protesters are part of a violent conspiracy against conservative values and the Germanic way of life."

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